Canadian nonfiction

  • Indigenous women and street gangs : survivance narratives

    Creator

    Henry, Robert

    Abstract

    Amber, Bev, Chantel, Jazmyne, Faith, and Jorgina are six Indigenous women previously involved in street gangs or the street lifestyle in Saskatoon, Regina, and Calgary. In collaboration with Indigenous Studies scholar Robert Henry (Métis), they share their stories using photovoice, an emancipatory research process where participants are understood to be the experts of their own experiences. Each photograph in Indigenous Women and Street Gangs was selected and placed in order to show how the authors have changed with their experiences.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Edmonton, Alberta

    University of Alberta Press

    Not specified
  • Sustainability matters : prospects for a just transition in Calgary, Canada's petro-city

    Creator

    Ghitter, Geoff

    Keough, Noel

    Abstract

    Calgary, Alberta is a culturally diverse urban metropolis. Sprawling and car-dependent, fast-growing and affluent, it is dominated by the fossil fuel industry. For 30 years, Calgary has struggled to turn sustainability rhetoric into reality. Sustainability Matters is the story of Calgary's setbacks and successes on the path toward sustainability. Chronicling two decades of public conversations, political debate, urban policy and planning, and scholarly discovery, it is both a fascinating case study and an accessible introduction to the theory and practice of urban sustainability.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Calgary, Alberta]

    University of Calgary Press

    Not specified
  • The third dive : an investigation into the death of Rob Stewart

    Creator

    Osborne, Robert

    Abstract

    Based on the provocative film documentary of the same name, The Third Dive investigates the shocking death of a world-renowned conservation activist. When experienced diver and award-winning filmmaker Rob Stewart (Sharkwater and Sharkwater: Extinction) drowned while diving off the coast of the Florida Keys in 2017, it was a shock to the world's environmental movement. Reports suggested that Stewart was encouraged to perform a dangerous and ultimately fatal dive by a reckless Svengali-like instructor named Peter Sotis.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Calgary, Alberta]

    Rocky Mountain Books

    Not specified
  • Diversity, culture and counselling : a Canadian perspective

    Creator

    Hett, Geoffrey

    Rodríguez, María del Carmen

    Holder, Place

    France, M. Honorâe

    Abstract

    A uniquely Canadian approach to multicultural counselling. In a country as diverse as Canada, a multicultural counselling approach provides an essential starting point for working with people from different ethnicities, sexualities, gender identities, abilities and religious backgrounds. Bringing Canadian perspectives to the field of multicultural counselling, this collection provides practical approaches to counselling in Indigenous, Asian, Black Canadian, Hispanic, South Asian and LGBTQ2+ communities, among others, along with advice for treating migrant and refugee clients.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Calgary, Alberta]

    Brush Education

    Not specified
  • Popular snowshoe trails of the Canadian Rockies

    Creator

    Nugara, Andrew

    Abstract

    The perfect resource for planning a quick snowshoeing adventure in the heart of Canada's glittering Rocky Mountains. Snowshoeing continues to be one of the fastest growing sports in North America. Each season thousands of winter-loving individuals and families venture into the stunning winter landscape for a quick getaway or an extended tour in areas surrounding Calgary, Canmore, Banff, Jasper, and Waterton. This new guidebook features 50 popular routes in the southern Canadian Rockies, from Waterton in the far south to Bow Lake about 500 km to the north.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Calgary, Alberta]

    Rocky Mountain Books

    Not specified
  • Park bagger : adventures in the Canadian national parks

    Creator

    Butcher, Marlis

    Abstract

    An inspiring collection of thrilling personal adventures and stunning photographs sharing the incredible diversity and profound beauty of Canada's national parks. Distributed across the second-largest country in the world, the Canadian national parks can be challenging to get to. Many of them are so remote that they have no road access or infrastructure of any kind, but they are not impossible to visit.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Calgary, Alberta]

    Rocky Mountain Books

    Not specified
  • Trail mix : 920 km on the Camino de Santiago

    Creator

    Christmas, Jane

    Torti, Jules

    Abstract

    A rollicking travel memoir that invites the curious, the initiated, and even the skeptics to tag along on the ever-changing landscape of 'The Way'. For many, walking the Camino is a decision predictably triggered by death, divorce, or a career crisis. It's not Everest and it ain't no walk in the park, but the Camino 'family' continues to inexplicably grow. In 2018 alone, 327,342 pilgrims were received at the pilgrim office in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Pilgrims worldwide are attracted to the gilded mystery and hope of the Camino.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Calgary, Alberta]

    Rocky Mountain Books

    Not specified
  • To be a warrior : the adventurous life and mysterious death of Billy Davidson

    Creator

    Pullan, Brandon

    Abstract

    An energetic and engaging investigation into the life and death of legendary climber, paddler, and recluse Billy 'Kayak Bill' Davidson. Billy Davidson (1947-2003) was born in Calgary, Alberta, and grew up in an orphanage in the 1950s. Living close to the Rockies, he was introduced to mountaineering at an early age and climbed his first mountain at 12 years old, eventually becoming one of Canada's most prolific big wall climbers, with historic ascents in the Rockies and Squamish, along with an early free ascent of the North America Wall of El Capitan in Yosemite.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Calgary, Alberta]

    Rocky Mountain Books

    Not specified
  • Introduction to early childhood education and care : an intercultural perspective

    Creator

    Matheson, Mary Lynne

    Massing, Carole

    Abstract

    This book sees interculturalism as a process that promotes mutual learning through discussion and dialogue around diverse viewpoints. It presents accepted practice and theory in early learning and care along with cultural perspectives that may challenge or extend them. Educators are encouraged to think deeply about their practice in order to create settings that are truly honouring of difference, whether they are differences of race, gender, religion, ability, family structure or socio-economic status.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Edmonton, Alberta

    Brush Education

    Not specified